homonym
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Noun [edit]
homonym (plural homonyms)
- (semantics, strict sense) A word that both sounds and is spelled the same as another word but has a different meaning.
- (loosely) A word that sounds or is spelled the same as another word but has a different meaning, technically called a homophone (same sound) or a homograph (same spelling).
- (taxonomy) A name for a taxon that is identical in spelling to another name that belongs to a different taxon.
Usage notes [edit]
- Homonyms (in the looser sense) are divided into the two overlapping subcategories homographs and homophones. Examples:
Related terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
word with the same sound or spelling but different meaning
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See also [edit]
An Euler diagram showing the relationship between these -nyms.
| Nym | Sound | Spelling | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| homonym | same | same | |
| heteronym | different | same | (cat) |
| homograph | not specified | same | |
| homophone | same | different | (cat) |
| heterophone | different | different | |
| synonym | different | different |
Swedish [edit]
Noun [edit]
homonym c
Declension [edit]
Declension of homonym
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common | indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite |
| nominative | homonym | homonymen | homonymer | homonymerna |
| genitive | homonyms | homonymens | homonymers | homonymernas |